REVIEWS, INTERVIEWS & PODCASTS

Reviews

• NEW. Newsarama, January 18, 2010. The Shield #5 makes the weekly "Best Shots" review list.  
• Comic Book Resources, September 15, 2009. CBR reviews The Shield #1. 
• Comics Bulletin, September 14, 2009. Comics Bulletin's "Line of Fire" reviews The Shield #1. 
• Newsarama, September 11, 2009. David Pepose reviews The Shield #1. 
• Comics and...Other Imaginary Tales, September 11, 2009. Comics and... reviews The Shield #1, with additional focus on the Inferno co-feature. 
• Read/RANT, September 11, 2009. Read/RANT! reviews The Shield #1. 
• Hypergeek, September 11, 2009. Hypergeek has a nice long-form review of The Shield #1, with equal focus on the Inferno co-feature. (Hypergeek also listed The Shield #1 as one of their weekly "picks." 
• IGN.com, September 10, 2009. IGN reviews The Shield #1.
• Pop Culture Zoo, September 10, 2009. Joseph Dilworth, Jr. has nice things to say about The Shield #1. 
• Comic Book Resources, Aug. 17, 2009. Greg McElhatton reviews JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #3. 
• ComiXtreme, July 22, 2009. Adam Chapman reviews JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #2.
• Hypergeek's Hot Picks, July 15, 2009. Hypergeek includes JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith#2 as a pick of the week.
• Comic Culture Warriors, June 18, 2009. CCW reviewsJSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #1. [Video review]
• ComiXtreme, June 14, 2009. Adam Chapman reviews JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #1. 
• Robot 6, June 14, 2009. Tom Bondurant at Robot 6 has a nice, concise write-up of JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #1.
• Johnny Gigawatt and the Tiger Men From Mars. June 13, 2009. Sam "Bambino" at Johnny Gigawatt gives a brief review of JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #1.
• ComicsBulletin, June 12, 2009. Review of JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #1.
• Comic Book Resources, June 11, 2009. Review of JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #1.
  
• ComicBook.com, June 11, 2009. A rather detailed, blow-by-blow review of JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #1.
• Chris' Invincible Super-Blog, June 11, 2009. ISB names JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #1 one of the "Best of the Week."
  
• PopCultureZoo, June 11, 2009. Joseph Dilworth, Jr. gives a fairly lengthy review of JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #1, with loads of preview artwork to boot.
• Comic Book Resources, Dec. 29, 2008. CBR names Checkmate one of the 100 best comic series of 2008 (entering the list at #83).
• iFanboy Pick Of The Week Podcast, Nov. 9, 2008.Final Crisis: Resist  is an iFanboy Pick of the Week.
• Comic Book Resources, Nov. 7, 2008. Brian Cronin reviews Final Crisis: Resist.
• Broken Frontier, Nov. 7, 2008. Broken Frontier onFinal Crisis: Resist.
• iFanboy Pick of the Week Review, Nov. 5, 2008. Another iFanboy Final Crisis: Resist review.
• iFanboy Review, Nov. 5, 2008. Another look at Final Crisis: Resist from iFanboy.
• IGN.com, Nov. 5, 2008. IGN reviews Final Crisis: Resist.
• IGN.com, Aug. 23, 2008. IGN gives Checkmate #25 an astonishing 9.4 review.
• Broken Frontier, Aug. 15, 2006. Broken Frontier reviews the first issue of Eric's Perfect Dark: Janus' Tears series.

Interviews

• Comicbook.com, August 17, 2009. Nick Winstead's article on JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith, Wide Awake, and more. 
• Geek To Me TV, August 4, 2009. Elliot Serrano chats with me about JSA Vs. Kobra and The Shield, among other things. [Video interview.]
• Newsarama, June 24, 2009. Rik Offenerger interview, focused on the upcoming monthly title, The Shield.
• Comic Book Resources (Apr. 30, 2009). Jeffrey Renaud chats Trautmann about JSA vs. Kobra, developing game worlds, and more.
• Pop Culture Zoo (Apr. 13, 2009). Joseph Dilworth, Jr. interviews Trautmann and Brandon Jerwa about their upcoming webcomic, "Wide Awake," reveals some teaser art from the series, and digs a bit into JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith.
• Newsarama (Apr. 7, 2009). Matt Brady interviews Trautmann about JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith.
• An Entertaining Grime (Nov. 24, 2008) interviews Trautmann, covering CHECKMATE, POPGUN and points in between.
• Newsarama, Oct. 29, 2008. Vaneta Rogers chats with Greg Rucka and Eric Trautmann about FINAL CRISIS: RESIST.
• VicSage.com. Eric Newsom interviews Trautmann about the infamous "Montoya Journal," a complex viral marketing effort in support of THE QUESTION: THE FIVE BOOKS OF BLOOD.
• Comics Waiting Room: Anything Goes. Brandon Jerwa interviews Trautmann on a wide range of topics, from comics to gun control.
• Earth's Mightiest interviews Trautmann about CHECKMATE issues #21-22.
• Perfect Dark Recon, July 19, 2006. Trautmann talks to Perfect Dark Recon about Perfect Dark: Janus' Tears.

Podcasts

• The Pull List Podcast, July 22, 2009. The guys at The Pull List not only review JSA Vs. Kobra: Engines of Faith #2, but also chat with Trautmann about that series, as well as The Shield, Wide Awake and more. 
• Between The Panels, May 12, 2009. William at Between the Panels conducts what has to be, to date, the longest, most in-depth discussion with Trautmann. Topics include JSA vs. KOBRA, WIDE AWAKE, CHECKMATE, FINAL CRISIS: RESIST, kids' comics, the internet, and why Eric really didn't like working at Microsoft.
  
• Johnny Gigawatt & The Tiger Men From Mars Podcast, April 15, 2009. Trautmann's third chat with the Johnny Gigawatt gang; discussion covers JSA vs. KOBRA and WIDE AWAKE.
• Comic Geek Speak, Dec. 16, 2008. Podcast conversation with Trautmann, focusing on FINAL CRISIS: RESIST.
• Johnny Gigawatt & The Tiger Men From Mars Podcast, Sep. 24, 2008 (with Brandon Jerwa). Jerwa and Trautmann talk POPGUN with the Johnny Gigawatt crew.
• iFanboy (April 22, 2008) does a mini video interview with Trautmann at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, WA.
• Johnny Gigawatt & The Tiger Men From Mars Podcast, Apr. 2, 2008. The Johnny Gigawatt mob talks CHECKMATE and comics in general with Eric Trautmann.